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December
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| Dec.
31: The Philadelphia Eagles had to claw
their way back in the waning minute against the New York
Giants on Sunday, but they finally clinched their first
division title since 1988, winning the game 24-21.
Wide receiver James Thrash was exceptional,
catching for 143 yards and a touchdown. |
Dec.
31: It was a tough weekend to be a playoff-bound
team in the AFC. The six teams with playoff
potential who played this weekend went a rough 2-4, with
the Steelers and NY Jets losing to the teams in last place
in their respective divisions. |
| Dec.
30: As we predicted just two short days ago, Michael
Jordan had his biggest game of the year on Saturday
and, yes, scored over 50. His 51 points led the
Washington Wizards over the Charlotte Hornets, 107-90. |
Dec.
30: "Benedict Arnold."
"Judas Iscariot." These were just a couple
names thrown at Louisville's new head coach, and former
Kentucky head coach, Rick Pitino, in his return to
Rupp Arena at Kentucky. His Cardinals got smoked by
the Wildcats, 82-62. Louisville had been on an eight
game winning streak. |
| Dec.
29: After playing backup to near bust Chris Simms,
Texas quarterback Major Applewhite put on a show in
leading his team to a 47-43 victory over Washington in the
Holiday Bowl. Applewhite passed for a Texas record
473 yards and four touchdowns. The Longhorns had
trailed by as much as 19 in the third quarter. |
Dec.
29: New Orleans Saints wide receiver Albert
Connell, suspended from the team, surrendered to
authorities on Friday after a warrant for his arrest was
issued. Connell has admitted to the crime - stealing
more than $4,000 from rookie running back Deuce
McAllister. Connell's agent has said that it was a
typical prank on a rookie. Sounds like this rook may
get the last laugh - if convicted, Connell faces potential
jail time. |
| Dec.
28: The New York Mets have officially
entered the race for New York. As the Yankees go out
and spend money as though it were going out of style, the
Mets are countering, following up the acquisitions of
All-Star Roberto Alomar and leadoff hitter Roger Cedeno
with Mo Vaughn. Next in their sites: Juan
Gonzalez. While we're not fans of the lack of salary
cap, it's good to see someone else playing the Yankees'
game - and in town no less. |
Dec.
28: Michael Jordan had never scored fewer points
in a game than he did Thursday night, mustering only six
points on 2-for-10 shooting in a 108-81 blowout loss to
the Indiana Pacers. Even when he was
"retired" for several years, he managed to score
at least seven points a game for the Bulls. Expect
50 out of him in their next game. |
| Dec.
27: Dan Issel did the right thing when he resigned as
coach of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets. Issel, who was
suspended for four games for utterly an ethnic slur toward
a Latino heckler, leaves with a 9-17 mark this season, and
180-208 overall. It seems that Issel had just burned out
from coaching, with the slur being a symptom. He often
clashed with his players, who last year boycotted a
practice. We can imagine there are not too many tears
being shed among Nugget fans and players. |
Dec.
27: Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss continues
to be hammered for his comments that he only ‘‘plays
when I want to play.’’ This time the guy firing the
salvo was his teammate and mentor Cris Carter, who is set
to retire (or sign with another team) after this season.
‘‘For me, it’s more personal. I ask myself the
question, ‘Is that what you taught him? Or did you teach
him something else?’ ’’ said Carter, who took Moss
under his wing when he joined the team in 1998. ‘‘I
take personal offense to it because that’s not the way
you approach the game. You play when they make the
schedule. When the commissioner gives the schedule,
that’s when you play.’’ Would love to be a fly on
the wall in the Vikes’ locker room when Moss and Carter
next meet.
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Dec.
24-26: Happy Holidays
from Outsports |
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Dec.
23: Two young teams show signs of making strides
in the NFL playoffs with big wins on Saturday. In New
England, the resurgent Patriots dominated the Dolphins,
20-13, for their 10th win in their last 13 games behind
fill-in quarterback Tom Brady. The Pats have a great shot
to win their division and have the kind of team that will
provide trouble for any opponent.
Out on the West Coast, the San Francisco 49ers held on to
beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 13-3, aided by a tremendous
goal-line stand. Down 6-3 in the fourth quarter, the
Iggles had seven plays inside the Niner 10, a drive that
ended when Donavan McNabb threw an end-zone
interception. The young Niners look like they can beat any
team in the conference save for the Rams.
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Dec. 23: We
are in such a holiday mood that we can't find anything to
criticize today. :-)
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Dec.
22: The gay sports community lost a good friend on
Friday: Dick Schaap died from complications
suffered from hip replacement surgery. He was 67. Schaap
was a noted writer and broadcaster who was a terrific
interviewer, a skill he put to good use as a commentator
on ABC and ESPN. He wrote 34 books on subjects as varied
as Bo Jackson and George Steinbrenner to Billy Crystal and
Robert Kennedy.
He was also the author of ‘‘Gay Olympian,’’ a book
about Dr. Tom Waddell, the ex-Olympic decathlete who
founded the Gay Games. "The days I spent with Tom
Waddell had a profound effect on me,'' Schaap wrote. ``He
was my guide to the gay community of San Francisco, which
I approached with preconceptions that swiftly took a
beating."
Schaap was terrifically supportive
of the Gay Games movement. He competed in tennis at Gay
Games IV in New York in 1994 as a sign of solidarity; his
doubles partner was Jim Hormel, a gay philanthropist later
named an ambassador by Bill Clinton. A
man of great compassion, warmth and intellect, Schaap’s
death will leave a huge void.
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| Dec.
21: The Arizona Diamondbacks, already with two ace
pitchers in Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, are
about to add a third solid starter in David Wells, the
round mound of the mound. Wells, whose idea of a workout
is lifting a beer in one hand and a nacho in the other,
needs only to pass a physical.
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Dec. 21: We came across
this item in George Vecsey's sports column in the New York
Times, and sadly it speaks for itself: ``On Dec. 1, Andrew
W. Lawrence of New York heard college students chant homophobic
taunts every time the opposing goalie handled the ball
during a men's soccer playoff. Lawrence said he tried to
complain to somebody from the N.C.A.A. but was told by
people from the host school, `Boys will be boys, and
adults will be adults.'
"Maybe this is the last frontier,"
Lawrence wrote in a subsequent letter to the N.C.A.A.
"If we can stop the overt homophobia, like we did to
(most of) the racism and anti-Semitism, maybe we're
getting somewhere." He has not heard back from the
N.C.A.A.' |
| Dec.
20: We were less than excited by Michael Jordan’s
return to the NBA and we’re still not ready to go ga-ga
over his comeback, but there’s no denying his Washington
Wizards are playing some winning basketball. Jordan scored
23 points in 27 minutes Wednesday as the Wiz beat Atlanta
for their seventh straight win. At 12-12, Washington has a
better record than Philadelphia, Orlando, New York, Miami
and Charlotte, all playoff teams from a year ago.
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Dec. 20: One of
sport’s longest streaks will come to an end Thursday
when Chick Hearn will not be on hand to announce a
Los Angeles Lakers basketball game. Hearn, 85, underwent
open heart surgery and will be out four to six weeks. He
has a streak of calling 3,338 consecutive Laker games that
began in 1965. His replacement, Paul Sunderland, told the
Los Angeles Times: "I’m replacing Sinatra." |
| Dec.
19: In an early-season thriller, top-ranked Duke
showed why it's the top team in men's college basketball
with a 95-92 overtime thriller against #7 Kentucky. Jason
Williams led Duke with 38 points, a career high. Kentucky
had a chance to win in regulation, but a 3-pointer fell
short at the buzzer.
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Dec. 19: John Rocker,
he of the racist, homophobic and anti-immigrant comments,
was traded by Cleveland to Texas. Since he has never truly
come to grips with what he said (outside of a lame
apology), we wish him nothing but gopher balls and a big,
fat ERA with the Rangers. |
| Dec.
18: It's been a long time since a Philadelphia
76ers-Boston Celtics NBA game had anybody noticing.
Neither team has been good at the same time in a while. On
Monday, the 76ers (not playing well, but still defending
conference champs) knocked off the Celtics, 99-83. The
Celts had won 9 of 10. It would be good to see these teams
in a playoff series next spring.
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Dec. 18: The NFL has
wimped out and decided not to fine Cleveland Browns owner
Al Lerner or president Carmen Policy for their idiotic
comments following the mini-riot the day before (see
below). Both men seemed to excuse the behavior, though
they backed off Monday. The league decided against any
action, claiming a free speech right for the two. What
hypocrites. This is the same league that fines players and
coaches who criticize the officiating and clamped down on
players wearing headbands with slogans. |
| Dec.
17: Hats off to the University of North Carolina
men's soccer team, which won its first NCAA title with
a 2-0 win over five-time winner Indiana. Last week, North
Carolina's women made the finals, only to lose.
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Dec. 17: Cleveland Browns
fans should be ashamed of themselves for their
disgraceful performance at the end of Sunday's 15-10 loss
to Jacksonville. Upset after the referees reversed a first
down that would have kept Cleveland's chances of winning
the game alive, they bombarded the field with hundreds of
plastic beer bottles (many full and therefore dangerous
projectiles) and other debris. It was disgusting to see
the refs race off the field with their heads down as more
crap was thrown at them.
As Jacksonville receiver Jimmy Smith said: ``"We
feared for our lives. It was like dodging bullets."
The bottles even hit Browns players.
We're not sure if the refs made the right decision in
allowing the disputed play to be reviewed. There's still
some controversy surrounding it, though the NFL said it
was handled properly. But the fans actions were criminal,
for what is still (for them) a game. Maybe these losers
need to get a life. |
| Dec.
16: The Stanford women's volleyball team won the NCAA
title on Saturday by stunning previously unbeaten Long
Beach State in three games. Long Beach, which came into
the final 33-0, had swept 28 of its opponents and lost
only five games all season. Logan Tom led Stanford with 25
kills.
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Dec. 16: Arizona
Cardinals kicker Bill Gramatica suffered one of the
most bizarre knee injuries we've seen--he hurt it
celebrating a successful field goal. Gramatica, who has a
habit of celebrating the most routine kick as if it won
the Super Bowl, leaped high and pumped his fist after
making a 29-yarder early in the Cards' game at the New
York Giants. As he hit the turf, his knee gave out and he
could not kick off the rest of the game. |
| Dec.
15: Theo Nelson of Cincinnati works in a mortgage
department ... or should we say ``worked.'' Hard to see
Nelson, 38, going back to the grind after his amazing $1
million win Friday. Nelson, who played basketball in high
school, made a half-court shot to win $1 million in a
promotion sponsored by Skyline Chili. He hit the shot at
halftime of the Cincinnati-Xavier game.
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Dec. 15: Did you know
that we at Outsports have a Super Bowl ring? Oops ... you
caught us ``embellishing'' and that can have bad
consequences as George O'Leary found out.
O'Leary, hired a week ago as Notre Dame's new football
coach, quit Friday after it was learned he lied on his
resume. O'Leary had claimed he earned a degree from New
York University (he was a student but got no degree) and
lettered on the University of New Hampshire football team
(officials there aren't even sure if he ever played in a
game). It always amazes us how people in such high-profile
jobs think they can get away with such easily checkable
facts. Player Casey Robin put it best, telling AP: ``He was talking about loyalty and even honesty, and
obviously he didn't live up to that
expectation. The team needs some honesty and loyalty from a
coach.'' |
| Dec.
14: The NBA’s Detroit Pistons, after years in
the wilderness, have a pretty competitive team right now,
one that surprisingly has the East’s best record. On
Thursday, the Pistons, behind Jerry Stackhouse and Corliss
Williamson, beat the Knicks, 99-97, to go to 14-6 on the
year.
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Dec. 14: How bad are
things going for the 4-8 Indianapolis Colts? Well, the
team’s president got into a 17-minute shouting match on
radio with a comedian. Bill Polian was angry with
comic Jay Mohr, who said on the Jim Rome radio show
Tuesday that the Colts made star running back Edgerrin
James practice for three weeks with torn knee ligaments.
Mohr’s source was Drew Rosenhaus, who he said was
James’ agent. One problem--James’ agent is Leigh
Steinberg. Polian and Mohr went one-on-one the next day on
an Indy station. Among the choicer exchanges was this:
Polian: ‘‘You lied about Drew Rosenhaus (being
James’ agent). You will not answer me, so I’m going to
take it that you’re lying.’’
Mohr: ‘‘You’re crazy. You’re insane. No wonder the
Colts are doing so poorly. You are an absolute madman. And
everyone listening to the radio knows the general manager
of their favorite team is a madman.’’
Maybe these two should get their own show: The Liar and
the Madman |
| Dec.
13: : It will be a green Christmas for free agent
first baseman Jason Giambi, who will sign today
with the New York Yankees for seven years and $120
million. It’s another case of baseball’s rich and
getting richer. Why we don’t begrudge Giambi, who’s
only getting what the market bears, it shows how hollow
those poverty cries of the owners are.
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Dec. 13: Denver Nuggets
basketball coach Dan Issel is in a ton of trouble,
all he brought upon himself. The NBA team suspended Issel
for four games without pay after he uttered an ethnic slur
at a fan who had been heckling him. On Tuesday, after
being heckled repeatedly, Issel turned to the fan and
yelled: ''Hey, go drink another beer you (expletive)
Mexican piece of (expletive).'' Issel, whose team is 7-14,
broke down in tears at a press conference where he
apologized, but the damage had already been done. |
| Dec.
12: Baseball fans itching for action got some hot
stove league action Tuesday in a flurry of trades. The
biggest was an eight-player trade between the Mets and
Indians, with the latter sending future Hall of Fame
second baseman Robbie Alomar to New York. The Mets gave up
two excellent young outfielders in Matt Lawton and Alex
Escobar.
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Dec. 12: In the
Grownups Can Act Like Kids Dept., you've probably heard
ex-Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson's dig at Cowboy
owner Jerry Jones on Monday Night Football. In
discussing the 'Boys, Jimmy called Jerry ``Michael
Jackson,'' a reference to Jones' extensive off-season
plastic surgery. And to think, these two guys used to be
the best of friends who won two Super Bowls together.
That's what out-of-control egos will do. |
| Dec.
11: Bode Miller's performance in slalom events the
past two days bodes well for his medal chances at Salt
Lake City in two months. Miller, who on Sunday became the
first American to win the giant slalom since 1983, won the
slalom in the World Cup event in France. He celebrated by
doing a moonwalk on his skis.
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Dec. 11: To quote Indianapolis
Colts coach Jim Mora: They suck! Disgraceful! Mora
made these comments two weeks ago but they were never more
appropriate than Monday night, when the Colts were drilled
by the Miami Dolphins, 41-6, on national television. The
game got so out of hand that Dennis Miller was discussing
Sting doing eight hours of tantric sex at a time.
The Colts (4-8) couldn't tackle, catch or block, and
quarterback Peyton Manning continued his Christmas giving
by tossing up three interceptions (he now has 20 on the
season). Miami is no great shakes but against the Colts
they looked like the '99 Rams combined with the '78
Steelers. |
Dec.
10: Since we often overdose on the major
sports--football, baseball, tennis, basketball--let’s
take time to honor some successes in other sports
this past weekend.
--In the NCAA women’s soccer final, Santa Clara handed
North Carolina its only loss of the season in taking the
title with a 1-0 win. The Tar Heels had been the defending
champions.
--In skiing, Bode Miller of the U.S. won the giant slalom
in a World Cup race in France, the first win by an
American man since 1983.
--In Greco-Roman wrestling, the Wyoming farm boy Rulon
Gardner won the world title at 286 pounds on Sunday.
Gardner was the man who won the gold in last year’s Sydney
Olympics against the supposedly unbeatable Alexander
Karelin.
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Dec. 10: Well, that’s
a fine mess college football’s Bowl Championship
Series has created. Unbeaten Miami, which deserves a
shot, will play in the BCS title game Jan. 3 against
Nebraska in the Rose Bowl. The same Nebraska that lost its
last game by 26 points. The same Nebraska that couldn’t
even make its conference tournament final. Left out were
Oregon (which deserved to go) and two-loss Colorado (which
deserved to go over Nebraska). The Rose Bowl will not be
the best of the bowls this year; that honor goes to the
Fiesta, which has Colorado against Oregon. |
| Dec.
9: The Heisman Trophy is supposed to go to college
football's best player, but that has been a bogus claim
for 50 years. It always goes (with one or two exceptions)
to the best quarterback or running back of a name team.
With this criteria in mind, we can't quibble with the
choice Saturday of Nebraska quarterback Eric Crouch.
He was the best player on a team ranked No. 1 much of the
year and he was a great leader. While his passing stats
were so-so, his 1,115 yards rushing and 18 touchdowns were
awesome. Had any of the other top contenders won, we would
have accepted that. There simply was no offensive skill
player this year who was head and shoulders above the
rest.
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Dec. 9: Being No. 2 has
been a dangerous position in college football. The latest
casualty was Tennessee, which lost the SEC
championship to LSU, 31-20, and also lost a spot in the
national championship game against Miami. The Vols join
Florida (twice) and Nebraska as No. 2 teams to have lost. |
| Dec.
8: : The Sacramento Kings may be the second-best team
in the NBA, but they’re stuck playing in the same
division with the Los Angeles Lakers, the league’s best.
The Kings, always tough at home, showed that, for one
night at least, they could hang with the big boys, posting
a 97-91 win. The loss was only the second of the year for
the Lakers, who are trying to win their third consecutive
championship.
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Dec. 8: Add this to the
list of seemingly frivolous lawsuits. Three Seattle
judo athletes are suing the U.S. judo governing body,
saying forced bowing is religious discrimination. As the
Associated Press reported, the three ''say being forced to
bow to inanimate objects before a competition is religious
discrimination. They don’t mind bowing to opponents out
of respect, but object to ceremonial bowing to judo mats
or pictures of the founder of the Japanese martial art.''
We can see their point and wonder why they would be kept
out of competition for not bowing. But on the other hand,
isn’t a lawsuit a bit extreme? Why not have their lawyer
take on the federation’s lawyer in a one-fall match,
winner take all? |
| Dec.
7: If you are an Atlanta Falcons fan, 36 years
of mostly futility may have ended when the team was sold
(pending NFL approval) to Arthur M. Blank, who helped
found Home Depot. The Falcons have been run--generally
poorly--by the Smith family since their inception. They
made the Super Bowl once, but have never had consecutive
winning seasons. Past history shows that new owners often
have a positive effect on a franchise, changing old
habits.
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Dec. 7: Baseball owners
must really have creative accountants. How else to explain
the claim by Commissioner Bud Selig that many owners are
one step away from food stamps. Testifying before
Congress, Selig claimed owners had total losses of $519
million. Of course, most of these teams are owned by
corporations, who can easily write off the loss. Selig's
claim was ridiculed by Minnesota Gov, Jesse Ventura, who
also testified.
``I have a hard time
believing it, Mr. Selig, that they're losing that kind of
money and still paying the salaries they're paying,''
Ventura said. ``That's asinine. These people did not get
the wealth that they have by being stupid.'' You
know things are screwy when a pro wrestler makes the most
sense. |
| Dec.
6: It’s way too early to call any December National
Hockey League game important, but the Colorado
Avalanche sent a message to the high-flying Detroit
Red Wings on Wednesday. The defending champion Avalanche,
playing barely above .500, elevated their game in an easy
4-1 win at Detroit. The Red Wings (25-5-1-1) still look
like the team to beat in the West, but Colorado showed
that it will still be a factor this season.
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Dec. 6: Imagine being paid
millions for 16 days of work (more if there are playoffs).
For Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss,
that’s more days than he’d care to exert himself.
Moss, extremely talented but lazy, told the media
Wednesday, ‘‘When I want to play, I’ll play.
There’s nobody here on the face of the earth that can
make me go out here and play football. I can go out here
on the field and suit up and stand on the sideline and
play. At my highest level? I don’t know. If I want to go
out here and play at my highest level, I’ll do
that.’’ Try using the same argument on your boss. |
| Dec.
5: Ty Tyron is only 17 but he's now a PGA pro. Tyron
became the youngest golfer to earn his pro card, when he
qualified during a PGA competition on Monday. `I still hang out with my friends at the mall,'' Tryon said. ``It's just that this is my job, playing golf on the PGA Tour.''
Tyron has been groomed by his father to be a pro golfer
since he was 7.
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Dec. 5: Chicago Bulls
center Brad Miller did his best Bobby Knight
impersonation and it cost him $7,500. The league fined
Miller that amount after kicking a chair into the stands
during a loss Saturday to Philadelphia. We can't blame
Miller for being frustrated. His Bulls are 2-13. |
Dec.
4: There may be no pro football player more fun to
watch than Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre.
Win or lose, he plays the game the way it should be, with
abandon and a smile on his face. He was absolutely
brilliant in the second half Monday night of the Packers'
come-from-behind 28-21 win over Jacksonville.
With the Pack down 21-7, Favre took over the game. He
threw for 264 yards in the second half and two touchdowns
(three overall). He had one run all night, but it was a
biggie--6 yards for a touchdown. We have only one
complaint--we're not wild about the beard he's growing.
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Dec. 4: The reason the
college football Bowl Championship Series stinks
was evident when the rankings came out Monday. Miami is a
deserving No. 1, but after that it's a mess. Tennessee is
No. 2 and will play Miami with a win this week over LSU.
But if Tennessee loses, then Nebraska, the No. 3 team, has
the inside track. The same Nebraska that gave up 62 points
11 days ago and didn't even make its conference's tourney.
Since Tennessee, Nebraska, Oregon and Illinois all have
only one loss the national championship game will be bogus
whoever gets to play Miami. |
| Dec.
3: It’s nice to know that in this time of
rapid change some things remain consistent. As evidence we
present the Sports Illustrated cover jinx, which
holds that any athlete or team featured on the
magazine’s cover is doomed. The jinx struck again
Sunday, when the Dallas Cowboys upset this week's
cover-boy Washington Redskins, 20-14. These are the same
Cowboys who entered with a 2-8 record and started a rookie
quarterback. A week earlier, Nebraska was the victim.
Quarterback Eric Crouch was the cover subject and he and
his Husker teammates promptly went out and got blasted by
Colorado, 62-36. If we really want to get Osama bin Laden,
Sports Illustrated knows what to do.
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Dec. 3: Bob Davie was fired as Notre Dame’s head coach after a disappointing four years that saw the Irish go 35-25 and not win a bowl game. Notre Dame is a tough job
these days. Gone are the times when the nation’s top talent automatically considered South Bend, yet standards are
still set high. We wish the next Irish coach a lot of luck; he’ll need it. |
Dec.
2: On a wild day of college football, two-point
conversions were crucial. Miami can thank Virginia Tech's
Ernest Wilford for helping them get to the national
championship football game. Wilford dropped a game-tying
two-point conversion with six minutes to go as the
Hurricanes held on for a 26-24 win.
In Gainesville Florida failed to convert on a game-tying
two-pointer with less than two minutes to go and were
shocked by Tennessee, 34-32. Florida's loss now leaves the
national championship picture scrambled, with one-loss
teams Tennessee, Oregon, Nebraska and Illinois all having
a claim, though it appears Tennessee has the inside track.
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Dec. 2: Colorado
football coach Gary Barnett deserves huge credit
for the Buffaloes' Big 12 championship, capped by a 39-37
win over Texas. But Barnett almost became the biggest
coaching goat of the season. With Colorado comfortably in
control, 36-23, with nine minutes to play, the Buffs had
fourth-and-3 from midfield. Barnett sent in the punter and
also the third-string quarterback Robert Dodge and tried
to get tricky. He had Dodge take the snap and attempt a
pass. It was picked off by Texas' Roderick Babers, who ran
for a touchdown, cutting the lead to 36-30. Only a Texas
roughing the punter penalty on the next possession, which
helped Colorado set up the game-clinching field goal,
saved Barnett. After the game the relieved coach said he
was grateful for the field goal ``getting my butt out of
the sling.'' |
| Dec.
1: Bill Johnson won the men's gold medal in downhill
skiing in the 1984 Olympics, but his appearances on the
slopes Friday was his most impressive athletic feat. Eight
months ago Johnson suffered a brain injury after a crash
in Montana and was in a coma for three weeks. But on
Friday Johnson skied Mt. Hood in Oregon. He was most
pleased that he managed to stay upright. `I didn't take a digger, and I'm not about to,'' he
said.
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Dec. 1: Zab Judah, a
former junior welterweight boxing champion, was fined
$75,000 for throwing a stool in the ring and placing his
glove on the chin of a referee. Judah was upset when
referee Jay Nady stopped his fight against Kosta Tszyu
last month. Judah was also suspended six months by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Judah seemed less than phased by the punishment. ``It cost me a couple bucks but in six months, I'll be back
in the title hunt.'' Must be nice to consider $75,000 ``a
couple of bucks,'' or maybe he's taken too many punches to
the head.' |
